The potential of Trump, part II

[xyzzy]

A deal-making president with no ties or political investment in past policy decisions. As a bonus, he has aparty that will gleefully abandon its supposedly long-cherished principles to support him. Given those tools, what could he do about North Korea?

We know the Chinese prop up North Korea for two main reasons: they don't want millions of starving Nork refugees flooding into their country, and they don't want a Western democracy right on their border. Plus South Korea isn't keen on unification because they saw what it cost West Germany, and North Korea is even more of a basket case than East Germany was.

What if Trump told the Chinese: let's make a deal. If you take over N. Korea and occupy it, we not only won't object but we'll tacitly support you, maybe even help you pay for it. You secure the nukes, keep a lid on the country however you want, and we'll keep the food aid coming.

[unclejr]

What happens to Kim Jong-un and the rest of the WPK politburo in your scenario?

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Thu, 11 May 2017 06:48:55 -0700 (PDT), xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>A deal-making president with no ties or political investment in past policy=
> decisions.

Past policy decisions are one reason Trump was elected. Responsible
people were fed up with socialistic, immoral policies.

>As a bonus, he has aparty that will gleefully abandon its supp=

>osedly long-cherished principles to support him.

A return to long-cherished policies would be a more accurate
statement. Unfortunately this appears to be an era when such a return
will require overkill.

>What if Trump told the Chinese: let's make a deal. If you take over N. Kor=
>ea and occupy it, we not only won't object but we'll tacitly support you, m=
>aybe even help you pay for it. You secure the nukes, keep a lid on the cou=

>ntry however you want, and we'll keep the food aid coming.

I think that should be the first attempt.

Hugh

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[xyzzy]

I dunno. Maybe a Chinese prison, maybe luxury house arrest, maybe left in place as puppet figureheads. I don't really care, it'll be China's problem. Whatever they want.

[wolfie]

"xyzzy" wrote

> Plus South Korea isn't keen on unification because
> they saw what it cost West Germany

Assumes facts not in evidence.

There's a HUGE, BIGLY difference in the history
of Germany vs the history of Korea re a united
political entity.

[RoddyMcCorley]

KJU gets a job in the Trump WH. You know, Trump thinks he is a "smart
cookie."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/analysis-trump-smart-cookie-talk-kim-baffles-seoul-47150903

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[CtrlAltDel]

It's crazy thinking like that that led Kennedy to drag Murica into Vietnam
so that he could laugh as thousands and thousands of American children
died all while they lied. Liberals!

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Thu, 11 May 2017 20:21:33 -0400, "wolfie" <bgbd...@gte.net> wrote:

>"xyzzy" wrote
>
>> Plus South Korea isn't keen on unification because
>> they saw what it cost West Germany
>
>Assumes facts not in evidence.

...just like you do stating you are a combat veteran. Being on rsfc
doesn'r count as even a combat area.

>There's a HUGE, BIGLY difference in the history
>of Germany vs the history of Korea re a united
>political entity.

There is an even bigger difference in you bleating you served in an
undeclared war hat we only tied when I served during a declared war
that we won. Were you really PFC Mouth?